Melanomys zunigae Sanborn, 1949:2
Zuniga’s dark rice rat, Zuniga’s melanomys
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Oryzomys zunigae Sanborn, 1949:2
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1949 (Fisher & Blomberg, 2012; Lee et al., 2017)
IUCN status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Lima Department, Peru
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Sanborn, C. C. (1949). A new species of rice rat (Oryzomys) from the coast of Peru. Publicaciones del Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado" 1(3): 1-4.
Other references:
Categorización de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna Silvestre. (2004). Decreto Supremo No. 034-2004-AG - 17 de Setiembre del 2004. Instituto nacional de recursos naturales, Lima. Peru.
Fisher, Diana O. and Blomberg, Simon P. (2012). Inferring Extinction of Mammals from Sighting Records, Threats, and Biological Traits. Conservation Biology 26(1): 57-67. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01797.x
Freudenthal, M. and Martín-Suárez, E. (2013). Estimating body mass of fossil rodents. Scripta Geologica 145: 1-130. [0.054 kg min. mass estimate]
Lee, T. E., Fisher, D. O., Blomberg, S. P. and Wintle, B. A. (2017). Extinct or still out there? Disentangling influences on extinction and rediscovery helps to clarify the fate of species on the edge. Global Change Biology 23(2): 621-634. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13421
Smith, F.A., Lyons, S.K., Morgan Ernest, S.K., Jones, K.E., Kauffman, D.M., Dayan, T., Marquet, P.A., Brown, J.H. & Haskell, J.P. 2003. Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology 84, Ecological Archives E084093metadata: 1-15.
Zeballos, H. and Vivar, E. (2008). Melanomys zunigae. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 28 July 2013.
Zuniga, E. (1942). Observaciones ecologicas sobre las mamiferas de las lomas. Boletim do Museu Nacional "Javier Prado" 6(22-23): 392-399.
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